The Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast is just 15 miles to the Blue Ridge Parkway and on the way you will encounter these scenes! (Your innkeeper took these on 10/23/12) ~Click each image for a larger view~ ISN’T IT TIME FOR A BLUE RIDGE DAY Y’ALL?

THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY HAS DECIDED TO SHARE A FAVORITE DRIVING TOUR HERE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY! The Blue Ridge Parkway (just 15 miles from The Claiborne House B&B) Five Mile Mountain Road, Franklin County VA Turner’s Creek Road in Callaway (Near Phoebe Needles) From Boones Mill on Rt 220 (about 20 minutes South of […]

There is no place like the Blue Ridge of Virginia in the Fall! The Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast has a few leaves of her own End of Oct early Nov is typically the most brilliant here in these mountains Fall in Franklin County Virginia (looking at Rocky Mount from Chestnut Hill Rd) Near Phoebe […]

The best national parks for fall foliage viewing o By Jayne Clark, USA TODAY CAPTION By Jim Morton, AP Looking to experience fall color at its peak in some of the nation’s most revered spots? The National Park Foundation has issued its pick hits for peak foliage viewing. But better get going soon. Optimum time to see the […]

Someone once said that after a harsh summer the leaves will be more dramatic, if that is the case LOOK OUT! It has been hot, very hot, here in the SE so we shall expect to see leaves change color like never before! Beginning end Sept to early October should be the best time to […]